major bob scales is a military analyst. general, great to see you. >> good to see you. as we look at this and we see the military there was laying low for a while. now they are popping their heads up, saying dialogue, dialogue or catastrophe. can you see a situation where they try to take over? >> i see a situation where the military acts as an intermediary, if you will. remember, to this day, the most respected institution in egypt is the army. recall that most of the rulers in the last 50 years have been military people, like nasr, mubarak, an air force fighter pilot. the egyptian people don't blame the military for the excesses over the last two years, they generally blame the police and the intelligence services. so this institution is the one that is -- is viewed as a political make-way, if this situation remains unresolved in egypt. and i might add that the egyptian military has a very strong relationship with the united states. it is not just the money. it is also the hundreds of egyptian senior officer who is had attended our schools. >> so in many way, the egyp